Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-03-12

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where he is" So he rolled over In his OWE
blood, and over the bodies OF the slain, eno
rolled on until he came to where the other
man was dying, and put, as It were, MI
wound against that wound, and his sorrow
against that sorrow, and helped to aiieviate
it. And SO it seems to me that Jesus Chris.
hears the groan Of our sorrow, the groan oil
our poverty, the groan Of our wretch
edness. and comes to the relief:
He comes rolling over sin amt
sorrow to the place where we ne
on the battlefield, and He puts over us tne
arm Of His everlasting love; and see tna'
arm and nand are wounded; and as He puts
that arm over us | can hear him say: ~ hay
loved thee with an everlasting love" VI
that YOU might feel this morning the power
and coincidence of sympathizing Jesusl
Further, remark: The last great install
ment paid for our REDEMPTION was the de.
mise Of Christ. The world has seen many
dark days About fifteen summers ago
there was a very dark day when the sun
was eclipsed. The fowl at MONDAY went to
their perch, and we felt gloom as we
looked at the astronomical wonder. 1t
was a dark day in London when the
with uncovered faces were taken in open
carts, and dumped in the trenches. 1t was
a dark day when the earth opened, and Lis
bon sank: but the darkest day since the Gre
alton of the world was the day when the
carnage of Calvary was enacted. 1t was
about noon when the curtain began to be
drawn. 1t was not the coming on Of a
night that soothes and refreshes: it was
the swinging Of a. great gloom AZ
there is dead one in the house you bow the
shutters or turn the lattice, so God In the az
ternoon shut the windows of the world. AS
it is appropriate to throw black pail upon
the coffin as it posses along, SO it was appro.
pirate that everything should be sombre that
day as the great hearse of the earth rolled on,
bearing the corpse of the King.
A mans last hours are ordinarily kept
sacred. However you may. have hated or
caricatureda man, when you hear he is dying
silence puts its hand on your lips, and you
would have a loathing for the man who
could stand by q death.bed making faces ices
hour cannot be left alone. What!
pursuing Him yet after SO long pursuit.
You have been drinking His tears, do you
want to drink his bloods They came up
closely. so that. notwithstanding the dark
ness, they can glut their revenge with the
contortions Of his countenauce. They exam
inc his feet. They want to feel for them
selves whether those feet are really spiked.
They put out their hands and touch the
spikes, and bring them back wet with blood,
Women stand there and weep, but can do
no good. 1t is no place for tender-hearted wo-
men. 1t wants heart that crime has turned
into granite. The waves of mans hatred
and Of hell's vengeance dash up against
the mangled feet, and the hands OF SIN and
pain and torture clutch for His holy heart
Had He not been thoroughly fastened to the
cross they would have torn Him down and
trampled Him with both feet. How the
cavalry horses arched their necks, and
champed their bits, and reared and snuffed
at the blood Had Roman officer called
put tor light his voice would not have been
heard in the tumult; but louder than the
clash of the spears, and the walIing OF
womanhood, and the neighing of the charg-
Drs, and the believing of the crucifers.
there comes voice crashing through, loud,
clear, overwhelming, terrific It is the groan
of the diving Son Of God. Look! What a
| scene! Look, oh world, at what you lnlve
donel / lift the covering from that maj
treated Christ to let you count the wounds
went through Christ's right hand and
| Christ's left hand-that brought both your
hands with all their power to work, and
lift. and write. When the nail went
through Christ's right foot and Christs
left foot-that bought your feet, with all
their power to walk, or run, or climb.
| When the thorn went into Christ's temple
that bought your brain with all its power to
think and plan. When the spear cleft
! Christ's side-that bought your heart with
NIL its power to love, and repent, and pray.
Oh, sinner, come backl
If man is in no pain, if he is propered, il
be is well, and he asks you to come, you take
| mi come after awhile There is no haste. "
But if he is in want and trouble you say: II
must go right away. / must go now" To-
day Jesus stretches out before you two
/ wounded hands, and He begs you to come.
Go and you live. Stay away and you die.
Oh, that to Him who bought us, we might
| give all our time, and all our prayers, and all
our successes / would we could think
of nothing else, that we could do nothing
| else but come to Christ He is so fair, He is
so loving, He is so sympathizing, He is 50
good, wish we could put our arms around
His neck and say: thine, Lord, will / be
forever" Oh, that to-day you would begin
10 love Him! Would that could take thi.
audience and wreathe it around the heart o.
my Lord Jesus Christ.
When, in 1855, the Atlantic cable was lost
do you remember that the Great Eastern auc
the Midway and the Albany went out toflnc
It! Thirty times they sank the grapple two
and half miles deep in the water. Aftel
awhile they found the cable and brought i
to the surface. Nosooner had it been brough
to the surface than they lifted shout OF ex
ultation, but the cable slipped Dack again lnt'
the water and was lost. Then for tw'
weeks more they swept the sea with tn
graphing hooks, and at last they found tn
cable and they brought it up in silence
They fastened it this time. Then with grea
excitement they took one end of the cable b
the electricians room to see il Their
were really any life in it, and wheI
they saw spark and knew that
message could be sent, then ever.
hat was lifted, and the rockets flew. an
:he guns sounded until all tine vessels on tn
expedition knew the work was done, and tn
continents were dashed together. Well, m.
friends, Sabbath after Sabbath. we hav
come searching down for your soul. w
have swept the sea with the grapplin
kook of Christs gospel. Again and agail
we have thought you were at the surface, an
began to rejoice over your redemption; bu
at the moment of our gladness you sank bacl
again into the world and back again int
sin. To-day We come with this Gospel search
/ ing for your soul. We apply the cross o
| Christ first to see whether there is any lifl
left in you, while all around the people stand
looking to see whether the work will be done
and the angels of God bend down and witness
and oh, if now we could see only one spark o
/ love, and hope and faith, we would send VI
a shout that would be heard on the battle
! ments of heaven, and two worlds would keel
Jubilee because communication is open be
tween Christ and the soul, and your natur
that has been sunken in the deep sea OF sill
haa haan liffad into fha IfOht and kha iov nj